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Tag Archives: Southern Literature
Whistling Dixie
Sean of the South: Whistling Dixie© 2015 Sean Dietrich198 pages A few weeks back I read The South’s Okayest Writer, a collection of articles by Sean Dietrich. Whistling Dixie is very similar in content and in theme, as this also … Continue reading
The South’s Okayest Writer
The South’s Okayest Writer: The Adventures of a Boy Columnist© 2018 Sean Dietrich241 pages There is a Japanese art, kintsugi, of putting broken pieces of pottery back together again with gilded paint, with the result that the repaired object is … Continue reading
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Tagged American South, essays, humor, Sean Dietrich, Southern Literature
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A year’s end…
Welcome to the liminal space between the years, as we all recover from Christmas and brace ourselves for a weekend full of fireworks. Reading activity is definitely ebbing down for me, and has been for much of December — I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged arts-entertainment, Port William, Southern Literature, Wendell Berry
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Sean of the South and the Old Man’s Boy
Sean Dietrich and his wife Jamie’s collective world was shaken when their doctor said the C word. Cancer. The emperor of all maladies, the ticking timebomb in each of us. Rather than crumbling into a weeping ball of woe-is-me, … Continue reading
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Tagged American South, bicycles, humor, Of Boys and Men, Sean Dietrich, Southern Literature, sports and outdoors, travel
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November 2022 in Review
Well, this has been an interesting month for reading. My best-intentioned plans to read more southern literature finally woke up after attending a lecture by Dr. Wayne Flynt on Harper Lee, leading to my reading his memoir about his friendship … Continue reading
Stories, southern and otherwise
Rick Bragg is one of those authors I gave a shot simply because people around me wouldn’t shut up about him. It’s easy to understand why, after only a page or two; he has a gift for storytelling, one he … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, American South, journalism, Rick Bragg, Southern Literature
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Southern stories: quotations from My Southern Journey
“My people tell their stories of vast red fields and bitter turnip greens and harsh white whiskey like they are rocking in some invisible chair, smooth and easy even in the terrible parts because the past has already done its … Continue reading
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Tagged American South, quotations, Rick Bragg, Southern Literature
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Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman© 2015 Harper Lee 288 pages When it was announced that Harper Lee had published a sequel to her legendary book, Go Set a Watchman, I was skeptical, as were many. Given how close its author was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, American Literature, American South, Harper Lee, Southern Literature
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